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The daily journals of Audubon wardens and statewide reports on certain sites and projects cover activities from 1900 to 1970, with most of the materials concentrated between the 1930s and 1950s.

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WARDEN'S WEEKLY REPORT FORM NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY 1130 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. I SANCTUARY (or general area) ... South .... San ... Fr. an.ci .. s c Q ..... B .ey. ...................... STATE. .......... Ca.1-if. .. ................................................................... .. INCLUSIVE DATES ...... ..... ..... ....... ...... NOTE: Report weathe r conditions; areas patrolled; hours and minutes spent patrolling; amount of gaso line, oil or \parts purchased or taken aboard; numbers and names of boats I?et with; n:imes of per sons met with in sanctuary areas or taken along. Mention any unusual happemngs; any disturbance of birds or other wildlife; e stimate numbers and kinds of birds observed at roosting, feeding or nesting concentrations. Date ....... .... l ...... ...................... Was on my way to Dumbarton and Leslie Salt area, when my motor went out, and I was adrift in the bay for about two hours. Ix,lt paddled to water and dropped anchor. I managed to get it going but oould only run at very slow speed. It took me about another two hours to het back to Redwood City. Date ....... ..... 2 ..... 19.6 4 .... Tri.ed to get motor running again, but no suceess, so drove over to Dumbarton and' Leslie Salt area. Very few ducks in evidence, but observed a larg e flock of Heron in flight, quite a .tew Egrets on the ground and the usual shore birds. Met no one Date ...... ...... ., ...... 19 .6.. 4 *J.. o .h.n Larson came down and we worked on the no tor, still could not get it work. Took it to a motor repair shop. They checked it and found numerous t hings at fault. It now works fairly good at slow speeds. DateN. o .v..e.m.b. e .r. .... 4 .. .... 19.64 ........................ Day Off. Date.No. vember .... 5 .. ... .l. 9 .64 ........................... Went down Weatpoint Slough to PG&E Bridge. Tied up there and walked the plank walkway down to the end of Greco Island. Managed to post and replace about six signs. Ovestayed my time and had a hard time getting out of the slough, as the tide was running out. No ducks in this area Date. N ovembe r 6 -;19-64 .. Had a good high tide so went down the bay side of Greco Island and throuh the PG&E Channel and on down the inside waterway. Saw a few ducks in the air, some herons and egrets Date N .ov.embe;r. ..... 7 .. ; ...... 1 9 54 ........................... Drove over to the Salt Flats then drove over a construction road that takes you all the way out to Plummer Creek. Quite a few duc k s in 2M 9 -61 CP (Use addi tio nal sheet to avoid crowding)

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the air and on the water. crould hear but did not see any hun ters. Posted four signs arouns Ide the Plummer Creek Area. It started to rain quite heavy, so I headed baok on the construction road. It became quite muddy, but mana ged to get back to the regular readwithout to much trouble

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WARDEN'S WEEKLY REPORT FORM NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY 1130 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. SANCTUARY (or general area) ... San .... Franc.1.soo .... .Bay. ......... 7.3. ........................ .... STATE.Cal1. ........ ...... .... ............. ......... .... ....... .... .... .......................... INCLUSIVE DATES. 0 c .. t.ob e.r ..... ..... 1 9 64 ...... tbr. o ugb. Ootober 24, 1964 NOTE: Report weather conditions; areas patrolled; hours and minutes spent patrolling; amount of gasoline, oil or \parts purchased or taken aboard; numbers and names of boats met with; names of persons met with in sanctuary areas or taken along. Mention any unusual happenings; any disturbance of birds or other wildlife; estimate numbers and kinds of birds observed at roosting, feeding or nesting concentrations. Date .. .9. .. ...... J.::$ .. J ..... .................. .................. et John Larson about 11 A M at the Red w ood City Marina, and made arrangements with the Harbor Master for Berthing Space. Launched the boat at about 12: 30 P. J and took a short ride around the Harbor and down West Point Slough. Nothing much to do until a complete survey could be made Secured boat about 2:30 M Date .. O..c.. t ..... l l ..... l.9..6.4 ... ........... ... ................. .... .... Checked the entire length of Greco Island and down a s far as Ravenswood Point to ascertain how many signs it would be mm1arrJ necessary to repla.ce. Counted about 25. Came back to Redwood Harbor about 2:30 P.M Tied the boat up, and on the way home, purchased lumber and put signs to8ether at home. Weather very warm. ind-none. Oct. 17 1964 Date .. D.ro.v.e. .. ... o .v.. a r .... D.um.b.ar. t o n ... B.ridge and checked the Sanctuaries at the Dumbarto Railroad Bridge and the Leslie Salt Properties. Quite a few sings were missing,so had to put together more signs. Saw no one, and saw about six ducks. eather still warm, and no wind. Date ... Oc. t ..... .18 ..... 1 9 .6.4 ..................................... Went all the way down the Bey to Green Point in order to check signs from the Bay side of the 'Sanctuaries, and was able to get quite close to shore as the tide was quit& h i gh. Most of the signs put up last yearseem to be gone so we have quite a job ahead of us to replace them. Weather still unusually warm and winds negligible. Date ... O c t ;;l9 9 1 964 Spent most of the day making signs, made about 50 in all and took them down to the boat, as Mr. Larson was coming over in the morning to help me put them up. Date Q c t ..... 20 ., ..... 19.64 ................ ........ ........ Met Mr. Larson at 8:30 A.M We had a very High Tide and were able to post signs along Greco Island, along the Bay to Ravenswood Point, Dumbarton Point, Plummer Creek and along the Sanctuary to Green Point. In all we posted 45 signs. There is still an absence of ducks in this area due to the unusal warm weather. Date .... O c .. t ..... 2 l ..... l .9..6.4.1t .... ... ....................... Not to much activity as yet. Cruised around the Bay a nd down West Slough. Shore birds seem to be quite plentiful. (Use additional sheet t o avoid crowding) Each..,warden si n or initial h e: ...... ..... .. .... I .....

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..... WARDEN'S WEEKLY REPORT FORM NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY 1130 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. I Page 2 SANCTUARY (or general area) ... ...................................... ......... ...................... .......... ........... ... .............. ...... STATE ....... ............... ... ................. ....... .......................... .... .................. ..... INCLUSIVE DATES ............................................ ....... ... ................ ............. ........... NOTE: Report weather conditions; areas patrolled; hours and minutes spent patrolling; amount of gaso line, oil or \parts purchase d or taken aboard; numbers and names of boats met with; names of per sons met with in sanctuary areas or taken along. Mention any unusual happenings; any disturbance of birds or other wildlife; estimate numbers and kinds of birds observed at roosting, feeding or nesting concentrations. Date O .o.. t .tt ...... 2 .2.. ...... 1.9.94 ...... ........................... ... .... Cruised down the bay as far a Plummer Creek and put up about five signs along the N/E end of the Sanctuary. Still very few ducks in the air and none on the water. eather is getting a little cooler but still no wind. Date 0 .c.. t ...... 23, ...... 1 9 .64 ....................................... Day Off. Date .. O.c.tobe.r ..... 24. .,. ..... 1 9 .64 ......................... .. Duck season t h our before sunris& today. Drove over to the Salt Flats and met a Mr. Murdoch and a Mr. Reily who had just came in from the Leslie Salt Pond. They had six ducks betwean them, all sprig. They told me that ducks were very scarce and they were quite lucky to get what they did. After talking to them I went along the levee and posted 12 sigps. I then went over to the iminr'*'3 Dumbarton Date .. R.a11r. on.d ... B ri.d.ge ...... a nd ..... P o .sted 7 more signs. Most of the property has been posted, except along the Railroad right of way. Date ...................................... ...... .................................................. .... Date .................................. ............................................................... Each warden sign or initial here: ... a. ... .. & ... Date .................................................................................................. }k .. .. ...... !..fJ../::J.11..(., {f.. ......... 2M 9 6 1 CP (Use additional sheet to avoid crowding)

PAGE 36 Saturday, Dec. 14, 1963 FHE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE SPORTING GREEN f11'h / I THE Ducks Are Plentiful DURING THE LAST FEW DAYS we have had the darndest arrival of ducks in the Bay Area within r ecent memory and for the first time in ages the guy \vho gave up duck shooting due to a slim wallet can find hunting at bargain prices His cost is a box of shotgun shells and a boatload of hard work Frankl y, this reaffirms my faith in California I spent .a good part of my youth in search of the wild quacker In our nearby sloughs and on the bay and then hunting became so poor that only the rich men with posh clubs h ad any s port It became senseless to pound the open water and like so many avid hunters, I decided to call it quits Now, happily, the birds are back. There's no more reason for grousing about the lack of a place to hunt. Pinning down the newly arrived huge fights, I've seen many birds in scads of different spots within the past week. Yesterday, I drove past Richardson's Bay and there where the pickle weed is flooded near the en trance to Tam Valley, at least 1000 sprig were resting. Sure, Richardson's is a sanctuary, but it shows how many ducks-sprig ducks, that is, are in the country. The day before yesterday I had occasion to drive the Bayshore Freeway, and darned if the birds weren't there! I slowed the car near Candlestick Cove and with the bay as flat as a silver mirror in the morning, the ducks were easy to see. There were huge rafts of deep-water, diving ducks in the distance Closer to the shoreline, hundreds of ruddy ducks were paddling A few long-tailed sprig paddled about leaving vee-shaped wakes behind them and there were scaup galore plus a sprinkling of pro tected canvas-backs A FEW DAYS BEFORE THIS, while testing the bass w aters of San Pablo Bay near Hamilton Field, the s prig, bluebills ruddy ducks and cans were thick. A few da ys before that, while shooting pheasants near Cache s lough the ducks sailed overhead at dawn and several flocks of mallards flew up the winding waterways, set their wings and came rocking down. Well, what more could a hunter ask for? These are places where anyone can hunt, and the hunting can be excellent for those who'll put in the work. Take, for example, those inland sloughs which vein the flat valley land between Rio Vista and Dixon. I was J;aised on this kind of duck shooting, and when attending Rio Vista High, a pal named George Bettencourt and I worked all year making decoys and tule-splitter skiffs so yve could hunt those sloughs. I shot my first duck with George on Cache slough which is a spot I still hunt. We kept our skiffs hidden on a tule island and on shoot days we'd bicycle there before daylight and in the pitch dark we'd start rowing up the slough towards our blind Cold? Man we kept little coffee cans stuffed with burning rags between our knees, passing our freezing hands above the flame with each sweep of the handles With four or five of us kids rowing up the slough Qur hand warmers made littl.e yellow beacons in the night. SOME DAYS THE SHOOTING was top grade. Other days it wasn't The only thing which never altered w as the work and the fun-of rowing of setting out de
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